$ 811.9 million
The World Bank’s Energy Sector Management Assistance Program has worked with developing and emerging-market countries to solve their energy challenges. Backed by over 20 partners, including governments and foundations, ESMAP’s staff of over 50 experts lead teams at the forefront of the energy transformation. ESMAP’s theory of change has proven itself. It focuses on transformation from the ground up, starting with government policies, and regulatory and operational frameworks. This ensures that energy solutions are not just sustainable, but actually sustained. Set up in 1983 to help low-income countries respond to oil price increases, ESMAP now has a diversified agenda from household energy and clean cooking, to national policy reform and integration of cutting-edge clean energy technologies and solutions. ESMAP is a powerful knowledge broker, seizing opportunities to push the global effort to deliver universal access to electricity and decarbonized energy services by 2030!
ESMAP is governed by a Consultative Group (CG) comprising representatives from contributing donors and chaired by the Senior Director of the World Bank's Energy and Extractives Practice Group. The CG meets annually to review ESMAP's strategic direction, achievements, use of resources and funding requirements.
The World Bank's Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) also reviews and assesses the performance of all World Bank Global Trust-Funded Programs. This includes an evaluation of ESMAP against its business plans, investment frameworks, and the effectiveness and efficiency of the deployment of trust fund resources. In addition, IEG assesses the World Bank's management and accountability for the use of trust fund resources and the impact of trust funds on the World Bank's development role. Read the most recent IEG evaluation.
ESMAP's latest Independent External Evaluation completed in March 2020 is a requirement by the World Bank to review the performance of programs reaching the end of their business plans. On this occasion, the evaluation covers the 2017-2020 Business Plan. A Briefing Note was also prepared aiming at synthetizing the contents of the full evaluation. As customary, following the evaluation's recommendations, ESMAP Management prepared a response.
The previous Independent External Evaluation covered a four-year period from July 2011 to June 2015. Two years of the previous (2008-2013) and the subsequent (2014-2016) ESMAP business plans, and one year of the previous ASTAE business plan and three years of the ASTAE business plan (2012-2016). With both these business plans having reached their end date, the World Bank Group (WBG) required an external evaluator to review the performance of ESMAP and ASTAE against their respective business plans and investment frameworks. As a follow up to the evaluation's recommendations, the ESMAP Management Team prepared a response.
ESMAP M&E system includes bi-annually monitoring reports, justifications for extension of grant closing date,outputs and outcomes indicators, grant completion report.
ESMAP is governed by a Consultative Group (CG) made up of representatives from contributing donors and chaired by the Senior Director of the World Bank’s Energy and Extractives Global Practice. The CG meets annually to review the strategic direction of ESMAP, its achievements, use of resources and funding requirements.
A Technical Advisory Group (TAG) of international experts appointed by the CG provides informed, independent opinions to the CG about the purpose, strategic direction, and priorities of ESMAP. The TAG also provides advice and suggestions to the CG on current and emerging global energy sector issues likely to impact ESMAP’s client counties.
ODA eligible countries may access funding. These consist of all low and middle income countries based on gross national income (GNI) per capita as published by the World Bank.